Supernatural is apparently getting a spin-off next season, Supernatural: Tribes, and the CW has been plucking talent from their other horror-drama juggernaut, The Vampire Dairies to star. In addition to former Vampire Diaries alums Nathaniel Buzolic and Sean Faris, it has just been reported by Entertainment Weekly that Stephen Martines has been cast as a series regular. (Note: I have no idea who any of these people are.)

Stephen Martines, who has been tapped for a series regular spot on Supernatural: Tribes and most recently played ultra-violent vamp Frederick (a.k.a.: Pearl’s tomb buddy) on TVD in seasons 1 and 3. Martines will play Det. Freddie Costa, a world-weary Chicago cop who serves as a mentor to main character Ennis (Lucien Laviscount) but is also secretly on the payroll of one of the city’s most powerful monster families.

As previously reported, the spin-off, which will air as an episode of Supernatural on April 29, will tell the story of warring Chicago-area monster families and follow a new hunter’s (Laviscount) quest to stop the fighting and rid the city of all things supernatural.

Well this sounds mind-numbingly stupid, which means that more than likely it will be a super gigantic hit for the CW. Supernatural itself just got picked up for Season Ten, for christsakes, because someone out there really hates me. What started out as actually like a legitimately good, scary and solid series for the first five seasons — Supernatural went off the rails, which is putting it very lightly — after series creator Eric Kripke stepped down as showrunner, and has been dumber than a bowl of mice ever since. It’s a show that I used to watch as a guilty pleasure and now I hate watch it and then hate myself for hate watching it and then I drink. So for the sake of my liver, I’m thinking I should probably avoid this spinoff at all costs.

Right there with you on Supernatural. LOVED the first five seasons. I somehow made it through the first half of season 6, and I don’t think I’ve seen an episode since. It boggles the mind that by the end of next season it will have sucked just as long as it was great.

The CW is alright though… not many other options out there for genre shows other than AMC and SyFy, as far as basic cable or network TV goes. Arrow is legit one of my favorite shows, and I am digging The Originals, although the latter is more of a guilty pleasure along with The Vampire Diaries. TVD has turned to shit as well this season, though.

This is one of those “careful what you wish for” kind of things. Remember, the show was constantly on the verge of cancellation in the early seasons and fans just wanted the network to keep it alive for as long as possible.While it’s certainly not up to the level of season 5, I still enjoy it because it seems like the creators and actors still enjoy it too and aren’t afraid of doing goofy shit because they have a steady (though small) dedicated audience they can count on to keep watching.

Yet season 9 has the highest ratings in years….I guess you just love to hate. The story line this season is great, and the writers have been adding plenty of twists and turns. Maybe you need to be a fan to understand. Don’t watch anymore if you do not like it. The rest of the SPNfamily will get along fine without you. And slamming the spin-off show before you even have seen one episode makes just as much sense as your comments about season 9.

Kripke’s story for seasons 1-5 is amazing (that show hits a new level for 4 and 5), and while I still watch, I don’t think it will find a better way to end the series than the season 5 finale did.. Season 7 is good, seasons 6 and 9 are ok, but 8 was garbage
I’ve gotten a few people hooked on it via netflix with the agreement that they last till 5, then the rest is up to them.
Favorite TV Characters: 1) Dr. House 2.) Raylan Givens 3) Dean Winchester 4) John Luther 5) Mike Ehrmantraut (Honorable mention Marlo Stanfield, Stringer Bell)

Any other network Supernatural lasts maybe half a season. But, seriously, 10 seasons? It is such a joke and their fan base on Tumblr will go to war arguing that the show is actually good. They are all crazy.

I still watch the show. Loved the earlier seasons. Seasons 6 and 7, I thought, were mostly steaming piles of garbage, but had a handful of spectacular episodes in them. On the whole, season 8 was an improvement from 6 and 7, and while it was more consistently good it didn’t have those gems of episodes. This season’s pretty solid so far, but I don’t need a spin off.

At least you get it. The first five seasons were really great. Since then there has been a handful of fun episodes but the show just doesn’t know what it’s doing so it’s a mess. It’s still on the air because of teen girls.

SPN has changed a bit, but its still a great show. Monster of the week is gone, but it’s expanding in the mythology. I don’t think you should blast a new show that hasn’t aired yet, it may be more like the first 5 seasons of Supernatural that you liked.

I am a huge fan of the show. Yes I miss bobby, chuck, and the “Trickster”. But I the 8th season
was a tad bit off but I move on. The reason I comment here now is because “I DO WANT THE
SPIN-OFF CW”! Thank you

How are you guys ripping on season 7? Aside from the convenient Borax solution, 7 is the best post-Kripke season. Mitch Pileggi’s arc in 6 was dumb n forced, and 8 is constantly loaded w cheesy (even for SPN standards) Sam flashbacks. Dick Roman was a great villain w presence, and the Leviathin managed to put the Winchester’s on the run even more than Lucifer